This weekend my oldest son, Keaton, finished another season of tackle football. He has now played three seasons of football, two seasons of baseball and one season of basketball so far. He is 7. My middle son, Lincoln, has also played one season of baseball. He is 5. And with one more boy still putting in his time in the stands being a super fan, McCoy who is 3, we are clearly just getting started. I am still just testing out the waters of being a sports mom. I am loving it! But not in the exact ways I thought […]

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. But just to be clear, I am NOT all about the pumpkin spice, sorry, I just can’t do it. I am however, all about the colors, the sweaters, the smells, and the pumpkin patches! Every year I have this idea that we are going to go to the pumpkin patch and it’s going to be magical. It’s the kickoff to the holiday season and the boys get so excited for it. And every year I think this is the perfect opportunity for some good photos. Take the boys out, let […]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I am still pretty new to this whole blogging thing but there is one thing I have learned pretty quick, and that is to NOT blog while the kids are home! I am a stay at home mom of three boys, ages 3, 5 and 7. Right now two of the three go to school full time and that is usually when I try to get most of my blogging done. But that doesn’t always happen plus I still have one at home so I have to be strategic. But occasionally I have had to […]

I was never that girl who had a big group of girlfriends I belonged to. I played multiple sports year around in high school and would bond with my teammates for sure, but off the court or off the field I really only hung out with two girlfriends through high school, and those same two through college. The three of us together mostly hung out with groups of guys. That was just how it seemed to work for me. I don’t like drama and I am terrible at confrontation so the idea of living in a house with a bunch […]

” I AM SO FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW I SERIOUSLY WANT TO SCREAM!” I said to my three boys, in a screaming-type voice. Definitely NOT my mom of the year moment. What did they do you might be wondering. Break a window, break a T.V., break a bone, break into a house? Worse. One of them lost Georgie, AGAIN. No no don’t worry, it’s not a live pet. It’s just a lovie. A silly little blanket with a monkey head attached that goes by the name of Georgie. Let me explain. When I was pregnant with my first son, I had received […]

Half birthday? What’s a half birthday and who celebrates those? Well, we do! And actually this week is Lincoln’s half birthday so I thought I would share what we do on half birthdays here in the Welch house. This is a new tradition that my husband and I started for our own family a few years ago. From the time we had our first son we knew we wanted to be intentional about spending one-on-one time with him. This became more important after sons number two and three arrived. When you have multiple kids it is easy to forget […]

“So where are you from?” Simple question right? We hear it all the time in our daily conversations and its one of the first things we ask when meeting someone new and most of the time we are only asking out of habit. Do we really even care where this person is from? And are they asking where I am from or where I call home? Cause that is different right? But let me pause right there for a second. I am an over-thinker, if that is even a word. Things that should be so simple I tend to wrestle […]

It was a banquet type dinning hall packed with 600+ high school kids, their fearless leaders, and camp staff members. The music was concert-like blasting, the program directors were pumping up the crowd, and those high schoolers were jumping out of their seats waiting for dinner to be served. If you have never been to a Young Life summer camp, you are missing out, but that is another story for another time. The pre dinner chaos was in full swing when for a split second, through the crowd, I made eye contact with the camp camera guy at the opposite […]

About Me

Hello, my name is Deena. I am a stay at home mom to three blonde-haired, blue-eyed boys and the wife to the greatest guy I know. Before I had kids I had always wanted to be a teacher. I wanted to be able to help children and see them grow and learn. But now that I have my boys I've realized they are the ones teaching ME every single day!